statistics

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Prices in the oil and natural-gas extraction industry jumped 5.2% in March from the year prior, up from a 13% decline in February, according to the statistics bureau.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Production fell 0.3% on month in February, after an upwardly revised flat reading for January, Germany’s statistics agency Destatis said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

New orders, a key indicator of future business activity, rose 0.9 percent from a month earlier, according to preliminary figures from statistics agency Destatis, slightly below forecasts.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Thompson wants to ensure the victims of Aberfan are remembered as individuals not statistics.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

I found Bureau of Justice statistics reporting that black men were eight times more likely to be killed by the police than whites.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson